H-Index
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South Africa Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Tourism & Hospitality Rankings in South Africa 2025
AD Scientific Index evaluates the academic productivity and efficiency of scientists and institutions based on the H-index, i10 index, and citation counts. In addition to total H-index rankings, you can also explore rankings and analyses by "Scientists Last 6 Years H-index" and by subject.
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :1
Tourism and Development
Local Economic Development
Small Enterprise Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
50
0.617
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :2
Market segmentation within a tourism context
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
26
0.813
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :3
South Africa
commemoration
heritage
tourism
memory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
21
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :4
Tourism
Community-based tourism
Food tourism
Food
Sport event tourism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
27
0.964
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :5
Tourism
Sport mega-events
Hospitality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
26
0.929
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :6
local development
karoo
south africa
land reform
tourism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
13
0.542
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :7
sport
leisure
and tourism marketing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
16
0.727
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :8
Adventure tourism
higher education
geography of education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :9
Tourism Management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :10
Strategic Tourism Management
Strategic Tourism Marketing
Rural Tourism
Tourism Entrepreneurship
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
17
0.944
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :11
Tourism & Environmental management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
17
0.944
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :12
Sport tourism
legacy
mega-events
nation branding
sport development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :13
Tourism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :14
Consumer Behaviour
Culinary Tourism
Hospitality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
12
0.857
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :15
corporate and business travel
tourism distribution
incentive travel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
12
0.857
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :16
Tourism
social impact
travel motives
marketing
social media
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :17
Social media marketing
consumer behaviour in tourism
digital marketing
eco tourism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :18
Tourism
sustainable tourism
community development
heritage
event management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
9
0.692
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :19
Tourism Management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
11
0.917
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :20
Tourism and local economic development
Community based tourism
Rural tourism
Tourism SMMEs
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
9
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :21
Development Communication
Participatory Communication
Cultural Tourism and Identity
Critical Indigenous Methodologies
South
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
8
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :22
Hospitality & Tourism
Social Entrepreneurship
Organisational Change
Corporate Strategy
Service Marketing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :23
Local Economic Development
Rural tourism product development
Tourism Development
Sport Tourism Events
Tourism Marketing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :24
Heritage tourism
tourism curriculum design
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :25
Cultural tourism
transmodernism
authenticity
tourist experience
South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
10
0.909
Christian Rogerson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
50
0.617
Tourism and Development
Local Economic Development
Small Enterprise Development
Martinette Kruger
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
26
0.813
Market segmentation within a tourism context
Sabine Marschall
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
21
0.700
South Africa
commemoration
heritage
tourism
memory
Andrea Giampiccoli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
27
0.964
Tourism
Community-based tourism
Food tourism
Food
Sport event tourism
Tembi Tichaawa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
26
0.929
Tourism
Sport mega-events
Hospitality
Doreen Atkinson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
13
0.542
local development
karoo
south africa
land reform
tourism
Neels Van Heerden
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
16
0.727
sport
leisure
and tourism marketing
Tracey Mckay|Tracey Morton McKay
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
Adventure tourism
higher education
geography of education
Berendien Lubbe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
Ikechukwu O. Ezeuduji
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
17
0.944
Strategic Tourism Management
Strategic Tourism Marketing
Rural Tourism
Tourism Entrepreneurship
Kevin Mearns
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
17
0.944
Tourism & Environmental management
Brendon Knott.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
Sport tourism
legacy
mega-events
nation branding
sport development
Acha-Anyi Paul Nkemngu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
Gerrie Du Rand
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
12
0.857
Consumer Behaviour
Culinary Tourism
Hospitality
Anneli Douglas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
12
0.857
corporate and business travel
tourism distribution
incentive travel
Marco Scholtz
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
Tourism
social impact
travel motives
marketing
social media
Rosemary Matikiti-Manyevere
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
Social media marketing
consumer behaviour in tourism
digital marketing
eco tourism
Felicite Fairer-Wessels
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
9
0.692
Tourism
sustainable tourism
community development
heritage
event management
Adam Viljoen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
11
0.917
Takalani Ramukumba
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
9
0.750
Tourism and local economic development
Community based tourism
Rural tourism
Tourism SMMEs
Lauren Dyll
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
8
0.667
Development Communication
Participatory Communication
Cultural Tourism and Identity
Critical Indigenous Methodologies
South
Orthodox Tefera
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Hospitality & Tourism
Social Entrepreneurship
Organisational Change
Corporate Strategy
Service Marketing
Siyabulela Nyikana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Local Economic Development
Rural tourism product development
Tourism Development
Sport Tourism Events
Tourism Marketing
Uwe P Hermann
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Heritage tourism
tourism curriculum design
Milena Ivanovic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
10
0.909
Cultural tourism
transmodernism
authenticity
tourist experience
South Africa